I'd been trying for months to earn a medal on Rapier Stanza Inter with Goteki, and had only been able to reach 7th, sometimes 5th on a good day. I was even doing a pretty good job of staying off the walls. It's been driving me nuts. Today after reading Task's post, I decided to work on my hyperthrust technique. After a few races, I managed to pull off 2nd place! I then went on to finish the remaining Rapier tracks with Goteki (thus finally finishing out the class), and gave Stanza Inter on Phantom a try with Goteki... got first place on my first try!

Thanks, Task!!

For anyone interested, what I did was instead of waiting for the straights to use up the thrust (an especially bad idea on Stanza, as that means you miss the pit), I just tapped on the thrust coming out of each turn to get back up to speed.

lunar: I always go right, through the tunnels. If you do it right you can carry a nearly straight line all the way through, and it sets you up nicely for the sharp bend in the following tunnel.

For the record, I like Stanza Inter, but I HATE Goteki...